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μακρόπνους

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μακρόπνους μακρόπνουν

Structure: μακροπνο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. long-breathed, long-protracted, wearisome

Examples

  • ὀτοτοτοῖ λεῖπε σοὺσ δόμουσ, ἀλαὸν ὄμμα φέρων, πάτερ γεραιέ, δεῖξον, Οἰδιπόδα, σὸν αἰῶνα μέλεον, ὃσ ἐπὶ δώμασιν ἀέριον σκότον ὄμμασι σοῖσι βαλὼν ἕλκεισ μακρόπνουν ζόαν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. long-breathed

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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